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Psalms 119:129

Your testimonies are wonderful, Therefore my soul keeps them.

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- The Topic Concordance - Light;   Simplicity;   Understanding;   Wisdom;   Witness;  

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Parallel Translations

New Living Translation

Pe

Your laws are wonderful. No wonder I obey them!
English Revised Version
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Update Bible Version
PE Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul keeps them.
New Century Version
Your rules are wonderful. That is why I keep them.
New English Translation

פ (Pe)

Your rules are marvelous. Therefore I observe them.
Webster's Bible Translation
PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Amplified Bible
Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul keeps them.
English Standard Version

Pe

Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord, thi witnessingis ben wondirful; therfor my soule souyte tho.
Berean Standard Bible
Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
Contemporary English Version
Your teachings are wonderful, and I respect them all.
American Standard Version

פ Pe.

Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Bible in Basic English
Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for this reason my soul keeps it.
Complete Jewish Bible

פ (Peh)

Your instruction is a wonder; this is why I follow it.
Darby Translation
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord, your rules are wonderful. That is why I follow them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.
King James Version (1611)
[PE.] Thy Testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
New Life Bible
Your Laws are wonderful, and so I obey them.
New Revised Standard
Your decrees are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Pe. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
George Lamsa Translation
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.
Good News Translation
Your teachings are wonderful; I obey them with all my heart.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
[PE] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(118-129) Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
Revised Standard Version
Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thy testimonies [contayne] wonderfull thinges: therfore doth my soule kepe them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
Christian Standard Bible®
Your decrees are wondrous;therefore I obey them.
Hebrew Names Version
Your testimonies are wonderful, Therefore my soul keeps them.
King James Version
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Lexham English Bible
Your testimonies are miracles, therefore my soul keeps them.
Literal Translation
PE: Your Testimonies are wonderful; so my soul keeps them.
Young's Literal Translation
[Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thy testimonies are wonderfull, therfore doth my soule kepe them.
THE MESSAGE
Every word you give me is a miracle word— how could I help but obey? Break open your words, let the light shine out, let ordinary people see the meaning. Mouth open and panting, I wanted your commands more than anything. Turn my way, look kindly on me, as you always do to those who personally love you. Steady my steps with your Word of promise so nothing malign gets the better of me. Rescue me from the grip of bad men and women so I can live life your way. Smile on me, your servant; teach me the right way to live. I cry rivers of tears because nobody's living by your book!
New American Standard Bible
Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul complies with them.
New King James Version
Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul keeps them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)

Pe.

Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul observes them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Your testimonies are wonderful;Therefore my soul observes them.

Contextual Overview

129 Your testimonies are wonderful, Therefore my soul keeps them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

testimonies: Psalms 119:18, Psalms 139:6, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 25:1, Revelation 19:10

doth: Psalms 119:2, Psalms 119:31, Psalms 119:146, Psalms 25:10

Reciprocal: Psalms 93:5 - Thy Psalms 119:95 - but I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

p, PE.--The Seventeenth Part.

Ver. 129. PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful,.... The Scriptures, which testify of God, his mind and will, are wonderful both with respect to the author of them, the things contained in them, and the use and advantage of them. They give an account of the wonderful works of creation; of their author and matter; of the manner, order, and time of their being wrought: they relate many wonderful events of Providence, both in a way of mercy and judgment; they declare several surprising miracles, wrought by Moses and others, and exhibit many marvellous things in types and figures: are full of prophecies of extraordinary things, have been exactly accomplished, and contain many exceeding great and precious promises; and abound with doctrines abstruse and recondite, hid from the carnal sense and reason of men; the mysteries of the Gospel, and of the grace of God, such as respect the divine Persons in the Trinity; the person and grace of Christ; the wonderful love of God and Christ towards men; the amazing blessings of grace through him, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal life by him;

therefore doth my soul keep them; as a rich treasure, which he laid up in the cabinet of his heart, and preserved as what was most rare and valuable: and such are the wonderful things in the word of God; and such is the efficacy of its doctrines, and the influence the truths of it have upon the minds of gracious persons; that these engage them to keep and observe the precepts it enjoins, and that heartily and sincerely, with their whole spirit and soul.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy testimonies are wonderful - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Pe (פ p), corresponding to our “p.” The meaning of the expression here is, that the laws of God - the revelations of his will - are adapted to fill the mind with wonder. The mind is awed by their wisdom; their comprehensiveness; their extent; their spirituality; their benevolence: by the fact that laws are framed, so perfectly adapted to the end; so well suited to secure order, and to promote happiness.

Therefore doth my soul keep them - Because they are so surpassingly wise and benevolent; because they are so manifestly the work of wisdom and goodness.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

LETTER פ PE. - Seventeenth Division

Verse Psalms 119:129. Thy testimonies are wonderful — There is a height, length, depth, and breadth in thy word and testimonies that are truly astonishing; and on this account my soul loves them, and I deeply study them. The more I study, the more light and salvation I obtain.


 
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